We report the experimental discovery of bulk superconductivity in two kagome lattice compounds, YRu3B2 and LuRu3B2, which were predicted through machine learning-accelerated high-throughput screening combined with first principles calculations. These materials crystallize in the hexagonal CeCo3B2-type structure with planar kagome networks formed by Ru atoms. 

We observe superconducting critical temperatures of Tc=0.81 K for YRu3B2 and Tc=0.95 K for LuRu3B2, confirmed through magnetization, specific heat, and electrical transport measurements. Both compounds exhibit nearly 100% superconducting volume fractions, demonstrating bulk superconductivity. 

Compared with isostructural LaRu3Si2, YRu3B2 and LuRu3B2 show a more dispersive Ru local dx2−y2 quasi-flat band (and thus a reduced DOS at EF) together with an overall hardening of the phonon spectrum, both of which lower the electron-phonon coupling (EPC) constant λ. Meanwhile, the dominant real-space EPC between Ru local dx2−y2 states and the low-frequency Ru in-plane local x branch remains nearly unchanged, indicating that the reduction of λ originates from the dx2−y2 DOS reduction and the overall phonon hardening. Superfluid weight calculations show that conventional contributions dominate over quantum geometric effects due to the dispersive nature of bands near the Fermi level. 

This work demonstrates the effectiveness of integrating machine learning screening, first principles theory, and experimental synthesis for accelerating the discovery of new superconducting materials.